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  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 182
    McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 182

    Caption: "San Francisco April 17, 1906. Center of Town." Bird's eye view of the center of San Francisco before the 1906 earthquake and fire. The Call Building (built in the 1890s to house the San Francisco Call newspaper) is the tallest building in the photograph, just to the right of center. See also 96-07-08-alb02-026.

    Date: 4/17/1906

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 300
    McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 300

    Caption: "San Diego Fair Grounds." and "39-6, 3,400 Men, Naval Training Station, Balboa Park, San Diego Cal.," c. 1917. With the advent of World War I, the U.S. Navy needed additional training grounds for sailors. In 1917, the City of San Diego offered to lease the Navy a portion of Balboa Park as a temporary training site until a new, more permanent facility could be constructed. This postcard shows 3,400 sailors lined up to form a Navy flag while at the temporary training ground.

    Date: 1917